Re: [RFC][PATCH] i386: Per node IDT

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Sun Aug 07 2005 - 05:39:20 EST


Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
>
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> > Please note that entry.S:BUILD_INTERRUPT() also does this trick:
> > pushl $nr-256;
> >
> > so it should be changed as well.
>
> I was making these changes and noticed that those were for the various SMP
> interrupts so they are real vectors. These will always remain within the
> 256 range.

Yes, you are right. I suggested it for consistency only.
Afaics, none of the smp_xxx_interrupt uses this value, so
it it safe to change the pushed number.

But it is very minor issue indeed, and probably you are
right not doing so.

Oleg.
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